Highly touted prospect Clint Frazier was supposedly in line to open the 2014 season with the Single-A Lake County Captains.
That still may happen, but itís worth noting the 19-year-old outfielder, the Indiansí first-round pick in the June 2013 draft out of Loganville (Ga.) High School, has missed eight straight days of spring training games in Arizona with a hamstring injury.
First-year Captains manager Mark Budzinski, interviewed March 24 by telephone for an upcoming feature story, confirmed Frazier was being held out of game action for what Budzinski described as a ďtweaked hamstring.íí
Budzinski added Frazierís condition was improving enough he was cleared to take batting practice.
Frazier, the fifth overall pick in the draft, agreed to a $3.5 million signing bonus, the largest the Indians ever have given to a drafted player. He made his professional debut last summer with the Rookie League Arizona Indians.
Compactly built at 5-foot-11 and 190 pounds, the red-haired slugger finished with team-high totals of five home runs, 28 RBI and 61 strikeouts in 172 at-bats.
The Captains will arrive in Eastlake on March 30. They are scheduled to face Double-A Akron on April 1 at Classic Park in an exhibition game before opening the season April 4 against the Lansing (Mich.) Lugnuts, also at home.

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